drek
See also: dřék
English edit
Noun edit
drek (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of dreck
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Dreck, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
drek m inan
- (archaic) shit
- (figurative) nothing
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch drec, from Old Dutch *threkk, form Proto-West Germanic *þraki, from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, *(s)terḱ-, *(s)treḱ- (“manure, dung; to sully, soil, decay”). Compare English dreck, German Dreck (“dirt; filth”), Old Norse þrekkr, Swedish träck. Wider Indo-European cognates include Latin stercus (“dung, manure”).
Attested since 1285 in the sense "filth, excrement".
Noun edit
drek m (uncountable)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Adverb edit
drek
References edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Dreck, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
drȅk m (Cyrillic spelling дре̏к)
Declension edit
Declension of drek
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | drȅk |
| genitive | drèka |
| dative | dreku |
| accusative | drek |
| vocative | dreku / dreče |
| locative | dreku |
| instrumental | drekom |
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Dreck, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
drȅk m inan
Inflection edit
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| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | drèk | |
| genitive | drêka | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
drèk | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
— | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
— | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
— | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
drêku | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
drêkom | |
Further reading edit
- “drek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran